screen saver freezes

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I have a new HP Pavillion dv2000 that came with Vista.

When I leave my computer on for awhile, say, overnight, the screensaver
(which is set as a photo slideshow) freezes. When I want to use the computer
I'll push escape or move the mouse. It freezes. I end up having to hold down
the power button to restart.
 
I have the same problem. I have done a little troubleshooting and found that
other 3rd party screensavers seem to work fine. I used the Firehand Ember
Photo (not as pretty as Vista's) and it keeps working. In the beta releases,
screen saver problems were more severe and clearly connected to optical mice
and keyboards. Do you have n optical keyboard and mouse as I do?

So the bottom line is, Microsoft's own products don't work in Vista but
other companies' products do. You gotta love their quality control department.
 
I have the exact same problem, except I'm running XP. It only started recently and although it doesn't happen all the time, it is very annoying when it does. I have no idea what's causing it. I have checked the event viewer, but there are never any errors listed.

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